Police: Homeowner holds down burglary suspect

Burglary suspect arrested in Edgewater

When an Edgewater homeowner looked out his window, he saw someone suspicious, someone he'd end up holding down until police could arrive, according to Anne Arundel County police.

County police were called around 2 p.m. Saturday to the 1400 block of Shesley Place, where a homeowner said he spotted a man outside his window acting suspiciously in his driveway.

When the homeowner went outside to look for the man, he found him in his garage with something in his pants, police said. The homeowner threw the man onto the ground and held him down while his wife called 911 and his 8-year-old son sought help from a neighbor. Police said the homeowner thought the man was holding a weapon in his pants.

Police said the man, Matthew Thomas Chrismer, 29, was found in possession of alcohol and other items from a refrigerator in the homeowner's garage. Chrismer was charged with first- and third-degree burglary.

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